Feasibility and safety of enhanced recovery after surgery in elderly patients with gastric cancer

Table 1 Enhanced recovery after surgery bundle implementation metrics

Variables	Young group (n = 79; not completed)	Elderly group (n = 82; not completed)
Preoperative measures
Patient education on ERAS	0	0
Nutritional assessment	0	0
Cardiopulmonary exercise training	2	1
Avoidance of routine mechanical bowel preparation	0	1
Reduced preoperative fasting duration	0	0
Take carbohydrates orally	3	5
Standard surgical antibiotic prophylaxis	0	0
Intraoperative measures
Minimal access surgery	1	2
Temperature management	0	0
Intraoperative antibiotic redosing as indicated	0	0
Avoidance of routine nasogastric tube placement	5	3
Selective surgical drainage	0	0
Goal-directed fluid therapy	0	0
Postoperative interventions
Multimodal analgesia	3	2
Lactulose administration	0	3
Clear liquid diet initiation on POD1	9	7
Early removal of urinary catheters and surgical drains	6	11
Early ambulation on POD1	7	9

ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery; POD: Postoperative day.